This is a study of pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English.
Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it
difficult to describe their meaning and potential. In particular,
we know little about pragmatic markers and prosody, their
sociolinguistic use or their distribution across text types. This
book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with
a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different
types of text. Karen Aijmer explores the syntactic, semantic,
pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers. By taking a broader
perspective on the markers, classifying them, describing their
class-specific properties and analysing individual markers, she
assesses whether any generalisations can be made about the prosody
of the markers. It includes a definition of pragmatic markers in
the context of the book. It features chapter-long case studies of
the pragmatic markers well, in fact and actually. Each chapter has
a clear introduction and conclusion.
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